Confederations Cup

This football competition kicks off on the 14th of June 2009 and is considered to be the dress rehersal for World Cup 2010 in South Africa.The Confederations Cup will be hosted by 4 cities: Johannesburg, Bloemfontein / Mangaung, Pretoria / Tshwane & Rustenburg. 8 countries are competing in this competition: Brazil, Spain, Italy, South Africa, Eqypt, Iraq, New Zealand and the United States of America.

Brazil are the defending champions for the Confederations Cup. They beat Argentina in the final in 2005. The 2005 tournament was held in Germany.

With local crowd support behind them Bafana Bafana (South Africa) should get quite a confidence boost when they run out onto the pitch for their matches. “Come on Bafana Bafana! Do your best! The whole country is behind you!”